1) Streets of Fire (1984) - a mess, but fascinating and the reason I got into Walter Hill
2) The Warriors (1979) - stunning action film which even Hill never really matched again
3) Southern Comfort (1981) - tough nihilistic actioner full of great scenes
4) Alien (1979) - he didn't direct but rewrote the script and his stamp is all over it
5) The Getaway (1972) - more Peckinpah than Hill but still a Hill work
6) Undisputed (2002) - later Hill works aren't very good but this was a little gem
7) Hard Times (1975) - good tough debut feature
8) The Driver (1978) - if Bronson, Eastwood, McQueen or someone else tough had played the lead this would have been huge... Ryan O'Neal held it back - but it is one of his best movies
9) The Long Riders (1980) - loving Western with superb moments
10) Johnny Handsome (1989) - in all honesty 48 Hours is probably better made... but Handsome feels more Hill and it's lingered longer in my memory.
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